Coffee Shop Opening!

The Mango Tree Coffee Shop, located on the second floor of the Brookings Public Library, will open on Thursday, July 23. Operator Harsha Mistry has been fine tuning her equipment and techniques this week so the staff have enjoyed a preview of what's to come. I'm not a coffee drinker so the special teas she has to offer are greatly appreciated--and very good!

Not all the furniture has arrived yet, but there will be places to sit and special food and drink to enjoy. Be sure to check it out next week!

Elvita

The colors of summer

The summer reading program weeks are zipping by. We're once again setting records for the number of young people who have registered to participate in "Be Creative @ your library". More than 1450 have signed up to read or be read to.

You may recall that the last few summers our Children’s Librarian Katherine Eberline has set a goal for the number of young people who register to read and if we meet that goal, she dyes her hair a color selected by the young people. The first year it was a bright blue, last year it was orange with red tips. This year Katherine decided that for every one hundred registrants over 1000 she would add a color. So in late August she’ll have her hair dyed at least five different colors. I think she’s looking at a rainbow effect. And of course registrations are open until late July so who knows how many colors she may have by then.

Summer's always fun here at the Library.

Elvita